bl blitzer in the situation room. i ll see you tomorrow. happening now, donald trump, nikki haley, and ron desantis, they are all hunting for votes here in new hampshire just hours after trump s iowa landslide and exactly one week before this state s pivotal republican primary. we re closing in on a cnn presidential town hall with one of the final three. also tonight, former president trump detours from the campaign, from the campaign trial returning to court to face his accuser, e. jean carroll, again, in a second defamation trial. and after two u.s. strikes against iran-backed militants, the u.s. military s central command confirms a third retaliatory attack on houthi rebel targets inside yemen. stand by for details on the mission and whether more strikes from the u.s. may be coming. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in new hampshire and you re in the situation room. we re live here in new hampshire at new england c
i m proud to have done it. they wanted to get it back, right? there be no question. we celebrate. that yeah? we didn t. we did something that was a miracle. when i walked onto the stage today, a gentleman in the back, probably works for fox, nice guy, said, sir, that like to thank. you i said, for what? he said, you save 2 million lives in the last three years. you ve saved 2 million lives. i said, thank you very much. i know exactly what you meant. 2 million lives. no one has done more in that regard than me. that is perhaps the most important emission from donald trump last night. again, breaking, about being the one to eliminate a constitutional right for women s health care that has stood for over 50 years. here is donald trump s problem. he goes into, i would call it softball a softball event. i ve never seen one a fawning. i m not sure why they had to host their? you know, they could ve just had one to sit there and smile and say, you are great. ask them the s
lincoln s arrival to beijing s arrival shows how frayed the relationship is. only a low level ccp official will be there to him. no red carpet on the tarmac like other dignitaries have received just a redline. lucas tomlinson s life in the white house with more on today s meetings. scott has been five years since u.s. secretary of state has visited china great secretary blinken s last trip was abruptly scrapped back in february when the giant chinese spy balloon floated across the country. some republicans are glad he s finally on the ground. looks all throughout the cold war she continued diplomacy with china. we should have ongoing arms control talks but despite all the things that all the complaints we had a leak from the lab. we have a lot of discussions and needs to occur. i wish blinken well invite is making a trip. vice president biden called the chinese spy balloon incident and embarrassment for beijing a republican lawmaker says is the opposite. x it s embarrassing f
two months after announcing his campaign bid. he will have a rally tomorrow in philadelphia. he could potentially lose the first two primaries if iowa and new hampshire hold contests first. as they ve done in the past. this time biden s team won south carolina which he won in the primary to be the first state to primary. i wonder why. they indicted the president, they indicated the president won t be on the ballot in new hampshire before the palmetto state and that could hand a victory to rival robert f. kennedy, jr. or another long shot democrat. florida governor ron desantis is calling on california governor gavin newsom to step up to the plate and run against biden. you know what, stop pus footing around. are you going to get in and do it or sit on the sidelines and chirp. throw your hat in the ring and then we ll talk about what s happening. i want to go back. no one wants to lose the first two states. this is a sign of biden s unfettered weakness within the party. i
getting new reaction from the biden administration on defense secretary austin s decision to hide his hospital stay. just a short time ago john kirby told a reporter no change regarding austin s position, despite growing calls for resignation. hello, this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany, here with emily compagno and harris faulkner. hudson institute senior fellow rebecca heinrichs and fox news contributor and host of guy benson show, guy benson. austin s ordeal began december 22 right-hand, when he underwent a procedure at walter reed and returned to intensive care unit last monday with severe pain. austin s next in command was given some duties next day but not told he was in the hospital. the white house had no clue that the secretary of defense was hospitalized. senior pentagon officials and congress learn the news on friday. austin s condition was closely guarded. one dod official was told the secretary was working from home. austin is recovering in the hospital